Prof. JiHyun Bae is an Associate Professor of the Department of Clothing and Textiles at Hanyang University. She also serves as the Department Chair of Clothing and Textiles at Hanyang University. Before that, he spent five years in senior positions at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology.

She holds a Ph.D. in Textile Technology & Management from North Carolina State University, an M.S. in Textile Design from Thomas Jefferson University, and an M.S. in Textile Engineering from Sungkyungkwan University in Korea.

Her research interests include textile electronic devices, interactive textiles for soft robotics, hybrid design processes and smart wearables